#686: MURIEL, Emilio Gómez & ZINNEMANN, Fred: Redes (1936)

MARTIN SCORSESE'S WORLD CINEMA PROJECT {Spine #684}

MURIEL, Emilio Gómez & ZINNEMANN, Fred (Mexico)
Redes [1936]
Spine #686
Blu-ray


Early in his career, the Austrian-born future Oscar winner Fred Zinnemann codirected with Emilio Gómez Muriel the politically and emotionally searing Redes. In this vivid, documentary-like dramatization of the daily grind of men struggling to make a living by fishing on the Gulf of Mexico (mostly played by real-life fishermen), one worker's terrible loss instigates a political awakening among him and his fellow laborers. A singular coming together of talents, Redes, commissioned by a progressive Mexican government, was cowritten and gorgeously shot by the legendary photographer Paul Strand.

59 minutes
Black & White
Monaural
in Spanish
1:33:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2013
Director/Writers



Screenplay by Henwar Rodakiewicz.
Emilio Gómez Muriel was 26 and Fred Zinnemann was 29 when they directed Redes.

The Film


The Extras

The Booklet

Sixty-eight page booklet featuring an essay by Charles Ramírez Berg.

Commentary

None.

Introduction

To the film by Martin Scorsese.

Visual essay

By filmmaker and writer Kent Jones.

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